| Author: | John Gibbs | ISBN: | 9780231503112 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press | Publication: | August 14, 2012 |
| Imprint: | WallFlower Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | John Gibbs |
| ISBN: | 9780231503112 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press |
| Publication: | August 14, 2012 |
| Imprint: | WallFlower Press |
| Language: | English |
Mise-en-scène: Film Style and Interpretation explores and elucidates constructions of this fundamental concept in thinking about film. In uncovering the history of mise-en-scène within film criticism, and through the detailed exploration of scenes from films as Imitation of Life and Lone Star, John Gibbs makes the case for the importance of a sensitive understanding of film style, and provides an introduction to the skills of close reading. This book thus celebrates film-making as well as film criticism that is alive to the creative possibilities of visual style.
Mise-en-scène: Film Style and Interpretation explores and elucidates constructions of this fundamental concept in thinking about film. In uncovering the history of mise-en-scène within film criticism, and through the detailed exploration of scenes from films as Imitation of Life and Lone Star, John Gibbs makes the case for the importance of a sensitive understanding of film style, and provides an introduction to the skills of close reading. This book thus celebrates film-making as well as film criticism that is alive to the creative possibilities of visual style.
